Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-02
SHOOTS HIS WIFE.

Jealously the Cause-He Eludes Arcs
 A Man Locked Up i'm the Police Sta
 ton Here Who Closely Resem bles tn
 Murderer.
 Jacob Brown is the name of good-size colored boot-black of Bridgeport. He is mar ried and twenty-four years old. He and hi wife lived on the corner of Main and Cannon streets in that city. His wife is dressmaker Brown has been jealous of his wife Last night about Il o'clock he sho her, the ball lodging in her head. H. l made his escape, although there was crowd around the house at the time. Mrs. Browr | was found under the stairs. She could not talk. A doctor was immediately called, who | said her recovery was extremely doubtful. Meanwhile the police were securing the city for Brown. He is five feet seven inches tall, stout and glib talker.
 About fifteen minutes of 1 o'clock this morning man presented himself at the DO. lice headquarters in this city and wanted 8 nights lodging. He told Lieutenant Wrinn that his name was Isaac E. Brown, and that he came from Bridgeport. From a descrip- tion the lieutenant had received of the man wanted in Bridgeport he theght this must be the man. He answered the description in nearly every detail. He talked glibly but frankly. He said he was a cigarmaker, and showed his card as belonging to that union. He said he lived in Jacksonville, Florida. He had been in New York for six weeks, had come on to Bridgeport, then to this city. He talked so frankly that the man wanted. He was locked up and will probably be held to-day till either identified or not by Bridgeport officials
 At o'clock Mrs. Brown died, after having suffered for three hours.
 ON THE RAILROADS.
 The Consolidated Road Testing a New
 Safety Brake.
 A newly patented invention was tested in this city yesterday on one of the passenger cars of the Consolidated road, and if it works as claimed it will prove valuable as life saver. Dr. Hiram Whitney, of Philadelphia, is it's inventor. It is called the Whitne1 Automatic Bleeder. It is said to be 8 great improvement on the The brakes ca n be applied instantly. One ot the principal things about the invention is, that if an accident occurs, the brakes will be instantly applied before the engineer hardly knows that anything has happened. If a cal runs off the track there is a brittle piece oi metal attached to the tube which runs be. tween the wheels of the trucks, about two inches above the track, which will break as soon as it strikes anything with much force. This will apply the brakes, stopping the train almost instantly. A wheel may break or wabble badly. If it does there is fruglle tube which will break, acting the same as already stated. The inventor claims that had his patent been on the train which met with the accident at White River that as soon as the cars ran off the track the train would have been almost instantly stopped, and not have run along so far that it finally went through the bridge.
 The company having the invention in charge is called the Whitner Safety Brake company. Already they are negotiating with the Chicago and St. Paul railroad off eials to place the new brake on all the cars of that road.
 Vice President Reed and other officials of the Consolidated road will witness the test of the invention to-day, and if satisfactory will have the invention applied to their cars.